I think we need to commission some more research to definitively answer this important question, at least as it applies to NFL cheerleaders.

I am therefore asking for 32 volunteers for an important assignment. I need you to each take one NFL team, and go to their web site and check out their FEMALE cheerleaders. (Note: I think there are a few team without cheerleaders.) Then report back on hair color and hair length as follows:

* - No hair extends more than one inch below earlobe
** - Hair extends more than one inch below earlobe, but not past base of neck
*** - Hair extends past base of neck

If you are willing to volunteer for this important assignment, please state a team below for which you are willing to gather data. The first person taking a team wins, so if someone beats you to the punch, then select a different team.

This totals 23 individuals, but there are 24 cheerleaders listed on the site. I obviously made a minor mistake somewhere/somehow, but it ain't worth my time to figure out where I went wrong....

Also, I was slightly more generous in my interpretation of medium versus long, or else everyone would be "long". Basically, I had "about shoulder length" rather than "base of neck". If it was a couple inches past the neck, then it was marked as medium. Longer than that (mid-shoulderblade'ish) or longer was "long".

If you dislike my new definition, then seriously mark every one of my "mediums" as long. Other than one short-haired chick, I didn't see any that had it only down to the base of the neck or shorter.